https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Local interviewed five Swedish diplomats about how Sweden is perceived in the countries where they work. https://www.thelocal.se/20171231/swedens-international-reputation-ambassadors-latte-pappa-gang-crime Sun, 31 Dec 2017 08:59:59 +0100 swedens-international-reputation-ambassadors-latte-pappa-gang-crime Sweden's ambassador to Pakistan was in a separate military helicopter to one that crashed into a school in the north of the country on Friday, killing at least six people including the Norwegain and Philippine ambassadors. https://www.thelocal.se/20150508/swedish-ambassador-escapes-deadly-diplomat-crash Fri, 08 May 2015 13:58:00 +0200 swedish-ambassador-escapes-deadly-diplomat-crash A senior Pakistan navy officer was shot dead and his Swedish wife wounded in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20130904/50052 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:58:00 +0200 50052 A petition has been placed filed with a court in Pakistan demanding that the government act against a Pakistani citizen who reportedly married his male partner in Sweden, according to a report in Pakistan's Express Tribune newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20130701/48794 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:20:00 +0200 48794 The Swedish charity worker who was shot in the chest in Pakistan last week died in a Stockholm hospital on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20121213/45046 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:58:00 +0100 45046 A Swedish charity worker who was critically wounded in a gun attack in Pakistan last week was flown home on Monday for specialist medical treatment, officials said. https://www.thelocal.se/20121210/44960 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:25:00 +0100 44960 Gunmen shot a female Christian charity worker from Sweden in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Monday leaving her hospitalized, police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20121203/44826 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:58:00 +0100 44826 Afghan human rights activist, ex-minister and burka opponent Sima Samar on Thursday won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award honouring those who work to improve the lives of others. https://www.thelocal.se/20120927/43480 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:29:00 +0200 43480 The Swedish Muslim Council declared its support on Sunday for chairwoman Helena Benaouda despite the fact that one of the terror suspects in Copenhagen is the father of her daughter's children. https://www.thelocal.se/20110111/31352 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:08:00 +0100 31352 The source of a hoax bomb threat to Canadian police which forced a Pakistan-bound plane to make an emergency landing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at the weekend, was an angry ex-girlfriend, according to a Swedish media report. https://www.thelocal.se/20100927/29274 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:59:00 +0200 29274 The 28-year-old man who was on Saturday a suspect in a bomb threat at Stockholm Arlanda Airport remains in Sweden after having been refused carriage on a flight to Pakistan, despite the case being closed. https://www.thelocal.se/20100927/29264 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:53:00 +0200 29264 Swedish police have classified Saturday's bomb threat drama at Arlanda Airport as "case closed" following the release of a suspect without charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20100926/29252 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:32:00 +0200 29252 A man who was arrested after a plane made an emergency landing at Arlanda airport this morning following a bomb alert has been released without charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20100925/29238 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:11:00 +0200 29238 Sweden's embassy in Islamabad has been closed for more than two weeks due to the security situation in Pakistan, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100520/26756 Thu, 20 May 2010 17:38:00 +0200 26756 A Swedish national is reportedly among five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan on suspicions of plotting a militant attack, Pakistani authorities said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20091210/23762 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:28:00 +0100 23762 Lawyers representing a former Swedish terror suspect who spent time in the United States’ Guantánamo Bay prison, claim their client was not traveling to any trouble spots when he was arrested in Pakistan in August. https://www.thelocal.se/20091123/23416 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0100 23416 Sweden’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that one an additional Swedish citizen is currently being held in prison in Pakistan. https://www.thelocal.se/20091012/22600 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:02:00 +0200 22600 The four Swedes deported from Pakistan arrived at Stockholm Arlanda airport late on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20091011/22586 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:38:00 +0200 22586 The Swedish foreign ministry has confirmed that four Swedish citizens, arrested in Pakistan in August as terrorist suspects, have been released and put on a flight to Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20091010/22576 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:18:00 +0200 22576 The 19-year-old Safia Benaouda and her two-year-old son, who have been imprisoned in Pakistan since August, are to be released “shortly”, according to the Swedish foreign ministry. https://www.thelocal.se/20091007/22524 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:30:00 +0200 22524